The Gymternet posted the qualifiers to vault and bars EFs. Gymnastike also has the full score sheet, but organized by team standings.
I was only able to watch the last three subdivisions, but there was quite a bit to be amazed by in just those three rounds! I am now in love with Malaysian gymnastics and add Mackenzie Slee to my list of favorites!
The big news is that Canada is currently in fourth behind Wales after having to count an FTY on vault and a disastrous bars rotation. Replacing Victoria Moors sure looks like a good decision now!! In other news, Becky Downie is also only competing bars and beam. Word is she didn't have as much training time as she was studying for finals, so she decided to focus only on the two events.
Australia was definitely the most solid team of the day. They were the on team to really rock bars, with gymnasts qualifying in 2-4, but Olivia Vivian will miss out on the final due to the 2-per-country rule. England had an uncharacteristically weak bars rotation. Both Claudia Fragapane and Hannah Whelan had shaky routines while Ruby Harrold had an unusually large error, Nastia's-Pak-at-2012-Visa's-ing her Bhardwaj. However, Ruby was able to muscle through it without hitting the ground and still scored a 13.400 and made the final. We will hope for a solid routine there, myself especially as it's my personal favorite! However, with their superior difficulty on vault- where Kelly Simm proved herself well- England is still in the lead ahead of Australia.
Canada's fourth-place position at the midway point was certainly a huge upset. I do believe they will be able to overtake Wales tomorrow, seeing as Ellie Black has a killer beam routine and floor is the team's strongest event, but I do think a silver is now out of the question for them now barring an implosion from Australia. Moors's removal is looking a bit suspect now, or at least the official reasoning for it. Bars was a mess anyway with only one score over 13, and certainly her DTY, full-in dismount on beam, and big floor would be welcome score-boosters for the team? If it really was because of unreadiness, which was evident at selection, why was she selected anyway? Anyway, enough speculation.
With Downie now out of the all around race, the title is basically Black's to win or lose. Though she's currently in fourth, she still has her two best events to come. The others in medal contention are Georgia Rose-Brown and fellow Englishwomen Fragapane and Harrold.
Let's get ready for beam and floor tomorrow!
Across the world, Japan has followed in their trend of naming a Worlds team before the US elite season has even started. Yu Minobe, Asuka Teramoto, Mai Murakami, Natsumi Sasada (she of the layout full beam mount!!), Inoue Wakana, and Hiraiwa Yuna will be making the trip to Nanning this October.
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